WSRS

WSRS is an American commercial radio station licensed to Worcester, Massachusetts, and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. WSRS offers an adult contemporary music format focusing on the hits of the 1980s and 1990s. The station also mixes in occasional 1970s and 1960s big hits. The station also employs a moderate amount of current music.HistoryWSRS began operation as W1XTG in 1940 from Mount Asnebumskit in Paxton, Massachusetts, later moving to 102.7 FM, then to its current frequency of 96.1 FM, as WTAG-FM. By the late 1950s, the station offered a Beautiful Music format, playing mostly instrumental easy listening renditions of popular songs. It also would play an occasional vocal selection (often sung by a chorus).Knight Quality Stations purchased WTAG-FM from the Worcester Telegram & Gazette newspaper in 1963. As the newspaper retained ownership of sister station WTAG (580 AM), Knight was required to change WTAG-FM's call letters; with the concurrent advent of FM stereo broadcasting, the station took the call sign WSRS, meaning "Worcester's Stereo Radio Station". Knight later purchased WTAG from the Telegram & Gazette in 1987.The station continued to offer an instrumental based easy listening format well into the 1980s. By then, though, WSRS began mixing in softer adult contemporary songs into the format. By 1982, WSRS was playing about one vocalist per quarter-hour. Half were adult contemporary/baby boomer oldies artists, and half were standards artists. By 1984, the station was about half vocal and half instrumental. By 1985, WSRS evolved into more of a vocal-based easy-listening format with the instrumentals eliminated, except for hits such as "Music Box Dancer," "Chariots of Fire," "Rise" and "Summer Place."